Ardeana Hamlin
Positively Maine
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Switching to crochet for the summer months
I’m on a crocheting kick. This has been going on for a few weeks. It came about as the weather began to get warmer and I found myself staring with something akin to loathing at the Harris tweed sweater I have been working on all winter — with very little ...
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Handmade items help demonstrate church group’s faith in action
on May 16, 2013, at 2:49 p.m.
Twenty years ago, the Deacons’ Wives Ministry got its start in Ja-net Cronkite’s home in Etna. The idea was to put faith in action. “We noticed that our senior women can’t do as much as they once could, and they don’t get noticed as much as they once did. So ...
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Handmade items help demonstrate church group’s faith in action
Twenty years ago, the Deacons’ Wives Ministry got its start in Ja-net Cronkite’s home in Etna. The idea was to put faith in action. “We noticed that our senior women can’t do as much as they once could, and they don’t get noticed as much as they once did. So ...
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Add a few craft books to your vacation plans
on May 08, 2013, at 3:33 p.m.
With the leisure time of summer almost at hand, it’s always a good idea to think about what books you might want to get to idle away the time on the porch swing or to carry along to the camp on the lake. Here are a few titles that offer ...
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Add a few craft books to your vacation plans
on May 08, 2013, at 3:32 p.m.
With the leisure time of summer almost at hand, it’s always a good idea to think about what books you might want to get to idle away the time on the porch swing or to carry along to the camp on the lake. Here are a few titles that offer ...
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Add a few craft books to your vacation plans
With the leisure time of summer almost at hand, it’s always a good idea to think about what books you might want to get to idle away the time on the porch swing or to carry along to the camp on the lake. Here are a few titles that offer ...
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May Day is a good time to seek inspiration from Mother Nature
It’s May Day and that calls to mind many pleasant associations — from daffodils scenting the air and making yellow splashes of color in the garden to discovering patches of violets near a stand of pines where a breeze whispers in the treetops. But mostly, for me, it’s about wandering ...
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Embroidery, household hints ruled women’s pages in 1913
on April 29, 2013, at 3:37 p.m.
In one of many successful attempts throughout its history to engage women readers, the Bangor Daily News in 1913 ran on Saturdays and sometimes Tuesdays, a feature page titled Our Magazine of Fashion. This was the era when skirts were narrow at the hem, fell to the ankles and were ...
Embroidery, household hints ruled women’s pages in 1913
In one of many successful attempts throughout its history to engage women readers, the Bangor Daily News in 1913 ran on Saturdays and sometimes Tuesdays, a feature page titled Our Magazine of Fashion. This was the era when skirts were narrow at the hem, fell to the ankles and were ...
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Stitch for Cancer donates handmade caps, items for patients in Maine, Rhode Island
on April 19, 2013, at 3:21 p.m.
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Roseanna St. Germain of Bar Harbor learned in 2011 that her grandmother, Darlene, had been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. Knowing of the treatment regimen that awaited her, Darlene asked St. Germain to crochet a cap for her to wear during the period ...
Stitch for Cancer donates handmade caps, items for patients in Maine, Rhode Island
BAR HARBOR, Maine — Roseanna St. Germain of Bar Harbor learned in 2011 that her grandmother, Darlene, had been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time. Knowing of the treatment regimen that awaited her, Darlene asked St. Germain to crochet a cap for her to wear during the period ...
Penobscot Valley Chapter Program: ‘Northern Exposure: True Tales of Search and Rescue in the Maine Woods’
HOLDEN, Maine — Deb Palman was hired as the first female game warden in Maine in the late 1970s. For much of her career, she trained and worked with dogs on wilderness search and rescue operations. She will discuss some of her most memorable search operations in the northern forest, ...
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Memories of a denim bedspread
on April 10, 2013, at 10:49 a.m.
Many years ago, when my sons were small, I stacked them, much to their delight, in one room — in bunk beds. But it quickly became very clear that changing the bedding on bunk beds was a chore. The bottom bunk was so low that it put a crimp in ...
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Memories of a denim bedspread
Many years ago, when my sons were small, I stacked them, much to their delight, in one room — in bunk beds. But it quickly became very clear that changing the bedding on bunk beds was a chore. The bottom bunk was so low that it put a crimp in ...
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Celebrate spring with Quilt Shop Hop
Spring is in the air and one of the surest signs of the season is the Quilt Shop Hop, marking its 10th year, now blooming across Maine. Besty Dorr, owner of Quiltessentials in Auburn, is one of the organizers for this year’s Shop Hop. “A lot of northern and eastern ...
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Learn to make dyes from plants in your garden
on March 29, 2013, at 8:43 a.m.
SEARSPORT, Maine – Astrig Tanguay, director of Fiber College of Maine, will speak about growing, harvesting and preparing natural dyes from the plants in your garden at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Penobscot Marine Museum’s Maine Street Gallery, 40 East Main St. Her topic will be “Dyes From ...
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Maine Fiberarts announces Hook-In and exhibit
on March 27, 2013, at 10:21 a.m.
Christine Macchi of Maine Fiberats shared this information with By Hand readers: “Winters’ Work: Hooked Rugs, 2010-2013″ by Anne Cox is on view at Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main St. in Topsham. The public is invited to view the colorful, nature-themed wool rugs through April 27. A reception will be held ...
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Wrapped in the memory of a doll’s quilt
on March 27, 2013, at 10:13 a.m.
Of the many items my mother sewed for me, the one I most often wish I still had is a doll’s quilt she fashioned from scraps of fabric. When I visualize the quilt in my memory, I see 3-inch squares of print fabric sporting, here and there, figures in red ...
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Wrapped in the memory of a doll’s quilt
Of the many items my mother sewed for me, the one I most often wish I still had is a doll’s quilt she fashioned from scraps of fabric. When I visualize the quilt in my memory, I see 3-inch squares of print fabric sporting, here and there, figures in red ...
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Factoring an e-reader into learning more about needlework history
Owning an e-reader had never made it to my meager list of “must-haves,” a list more likely to contain fabric, yarn and antique needlework tools than electronic gadgets. So recently when I had the opportunity to try out an e-reader thanks to the generosity of a friend, I wasn’t quite ...
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